GB2051240A - Fluid Operated Actuating Device - Google Patents

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GB2051240A
GB2051240A GB8016296A GB8016296A GB2051240A GB 2051240 A GB2051240 A GB 2051240A GB 8016296 A GB8016296 A GB 8016296A GB 8016296 A GB8016296 A GB 8016296A GB 2051240 A GB2051240 A GB 2051240A
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F15FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS; HYDRAULICS OR PNEUMATICS IN GENERAL
    • F15BSYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F15B15/00Fluid-actuated devices for displacing a member from one position to another; Gearing associated therewith
    • F15B15/02Mechanical layout characterised by the means for converting the movement of the fluid-actuated element into movement of the finally-operated member
    • F15B15/06Mechanical layout characterised by the means for converting the movement of the fluid-actuated element into movement of the finally-operated member for mechanically converting rectilinear movement into non- rectilinear movement
    • F15B15/065Mechanical layout characterised by the means for converting the movement of the fluid-actuated element into movement of the finally-operated member for mechanically converting rectilinear movement into non- rectilinear movement the motor being of the rack-and-pinion type
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16HGEARING
    • F16H63/00Control outputs from the control unit to change-speed- or reversing-gearings for conveying rotary motion or to other devices than the final output mechanism
    • F16H63/02Final output mechanisms therefor; Actuating means for the final output mechanisms
    • F16H63/30Constructional features of the final output mechanisms
    • F16H63/3023Constructional features of the final output mechanisms the final output mechanisms comprising elements moved by fluid pressure
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T74/00Machine element or mechanism
    • Y10T74/20Control lever and linkage systems
    • Y10T74/20012Multiple controlled elements
    • Y10T74/20018Transmission control
    • Y10T74/20024Fluid actuator

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Abstract

A device 1 for actuating a clutch sleeve 13 comprises a shaft 10 which is pivotably mounted in a transmission casing 2 and which engages the sleeve 13 via an operating lever 11 carried by the shaft 10 and having a dog member 12. The shaft 10 is pivotable by means of a piston and cylinder unit 5, 7 which is operable by means of pressure medium and which is arranged in the casing 2 transversely in relation to the shaft 10. A direct driving connection between the piston 5 of the unit and the pivotable shaft 10 is provided by way of a tooth 18 on the shaft 10 engaging a matching recess 19 in a recessed portion 17 of the piston 5 in which portion the shaft 10 is located. The tooth 18 may be replaced by a roller or a lug, the shaft then having a circular cross-section with a longitudinal recess for the roller or lug. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Actuating Device This invention relates to an actuating device for change-speed gears, control pistons or the like, such as is used, for example, for connecting ancillary output drives in utility vehicle changespeed gears.
To connect an ancillary output drive (power take-off shaft) to the main transmission it is known to use an operating lever attached at its end face to a pivotable shaft. Disposed at the other end of the pivotable shaft is a lever element which projects out of the transmission casing and with which a pressure medium-operated piston and cylinder unit engages and which causes the pivoting of the shaft together with the operating lever. The cylinder is screwed to the outside of the transmission casing via an attaching plate which, in dependence on the position of the ancillary output drive in the transmission casing and the type of ancillary output drive takes different forms and must also occupy different positions on the transmission casing.In dependence, therefore, on the place at which the transmission is incorporated, preliminary investigations must be carried out to discover whether the cylinder, together with the downwardly pivoting lever and attaching plate, can be disposed in the conventional manner on the transmission casing, or whether a new arrangement -- i.e., new attaching holes and possibly different attaching plates and lever elements must be provided (cf.
Assembly Instructions for Ancillary Output Drives N 352/2, N 70/1,2 and 3 of Zahnradfabrik Friedr.
AG).
It is also known to add an ancillary output drive to a transmission by means of a piston and cylinder unit disposed parallel with the shafts to be connected. The operating lever, which operates a clutch sleeve, is connected directly and rigidly to the piston and for the connection and disconnection of the piston is displaced into the appropriate end position, as a result of which the clutch sleeve is moved directly into the particular position required. The cylinder disposed parallel with the shafts to be connected is relatively long, due to the relatively large operating path which must be covered, so that a lot of space is occupied in the longitudinal direction on the transmission.
The invention aims at providing an actuating device which is easy and cheap to manufacture and to maintain and which, as required, is incorporated in the transmission casing or forms its own compact unit which can be attached to the transmission casing (or the casing, for example, of a control valve). The actuating device takes up as little space as possible and more particularly occupies as little space as possible in the axial direction of the transmission.
Accordingly, the present invention consists in an actuating device for change-speed gears, control pistons or the like, more particularly for connecting ancillary output drives in utility vehicle gearboxes, having an operating lever attached to a pivotable shaft operable via a piston and cylinder unit, characterised in that the pivotable shaft is in direct driving connection with the piston of said unit operating the pivotable shaft.
Advantageously, the pivotable shaft and the piston and cylinder unit are disposed transversely in relation to one another.
It is known to produce a pivoting movement by means of a transversely disposed piston and cylinder unit, the piston rod being constructed as a rack in which a gear wheel, which is connected to the shaft to be pivoted, engages. The use of gear wheel and rack is relatively expensive from the manufacturing aspect and also requires a lot of space. Moreover, unless the pivoting element itself has a travel-limiting abutment, a corresponding travel limitation must also be provided on the cylinder.
According to an optional feature of the invention, the piston is formed with a transverse recess into which the whole cross-section of the pivotable shaft fits, thais reducing the overall height of the actuating device to a minimum.
Advantageously the transverse recess is of dimensions such that its transversely extending walls at the same time form the end abutments for piston travel, the clear width between such walls of the recess and the periphery of the pivotable shaft forming the required piston stroke.
Preferably, the driving connection between the piston and pivotable shaft is produced by a connecting element which is securable both to the pivotable shaft and in the transverse recess in the piston, in which case it forms a solid part of the particular attaching element used and engages in a matching recess respectively in the other member.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the connecting element is a tooth which is provided on the pivotable shaft and engages in a matching gap between teeth.
According to another embodiment the connecting element is a roller which is mounted axially in the periphery of the pivotable shaft and engages in a matching transverse recess in the piston.
In a third embodiment the connecting element is a cam-shaped protuberance which is provided axially on the periphery of the pivotable shaft and which engages in a matching recess in the piston.
In a further embodiment the connecting element is a dog member which projects radially from the pivotable shaft and also extends into a matching recess in the piston.
Each of these embodiments of the connecting element may be so disposed on the shaft that it projects out of the shaft periphery, but the shaft can also be recessed on the side where the connecting element is located, so that the connecting element does not extend beyond the original circular shaft periphery and overall height is even further reduced.
According to a further optional feature of the invention the actuating device, comprising a cylinder, pivotable shaft and operating lever is integrated in the gearbox casing, thus permitting a particularly advantageous and space-saving arrangement.
Conveniently, the operating cylinder is disposed together with the pivotable shaft as a separate constructional unit in its own casing, out of which only the operating lever projects. The casing is so constructed that as required, i.e., in dependence on how the position of the pivoting lever inside the gearbox is given an optimum arrangement -- the constructional unit can be reversed by 900 in each case. The use of a pivoting movement for gear shifting and the transverse arrangement of the actuating cylinder mean that a significantly smaller piston travel is required, which the piston can cover in a correspondingly short time, this feature also contributing to the achievement of a very short operating time.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which iliustrate diagrammaticaily and by way of example embodiments thereof, and in which: Fig. 1 is an axial section on the line I-I of Fig.
2 through the operating device according to the invention, Fig. 2 is an axial section on the line Il-Il of Fig 1, Fig. 3, 4 and 5 are each partial axial sections, similar to Fig. 2, showing the different embodiments, Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line VI--VI of Fig. 3, Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line VIl-VIl of Fig. 4, and Fig. 8 shows an example of the invention applied to the changeover of control pistons.
A first embodiment of the operating device 1 according to the invention is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, which show an operating device disposed in a casing 2 of a change-speed gear, aligned geai wheels 14 or toothed shafts being connected tovether via a clutch sleeve 13. A slide dog 12 of an operating lever 11 engages in a matching recess (not shown) in the clutch sleeve 1 3. The operating lever is attached frontally to a pivotable shaft 10 which is disposed perpendicular to the shafts to be coupled and which is mounted rotatably but axially undisplaceably in a matching aperture 4 in the gear casing 2. Disposed perpendicularly to the shaft 10 is a pressure medium-operated single-acting cylinder 7 in which a piston 5 slides whose one end has a seal, the piston bearing at its other end via a compression spring 3 against the casing 2.
The cylinder 7 may alternatively be a cylinder operated by a pressure medium at both ends, in which case the control is via a 3/2-way (three positions -- two connections) valve.
The working chamber of the cylinder 7 is closed by a cylinder head 9 which has a pressure medium supply and discharge aperture 8 and via which the cylinder is operated. The cylinder head 9 may be formed in the axial direction of the piston 5 with a screwthreaded bore via which the piston can be mechanically operated by means of a screw (emergency operation).
The piston 5 is formed with a transverse recess 17 through which the shaft 10 extends. The shaft 10 is in driving connection with the piston 5 via a tooth 18 which is provided on the periphery of the shaft 10 and engages in a matching recess 1 9 in the base of the transverse recess 1 7.
The embodiment of the gear change illustrated in Fig. 3 has a pivotable shaft 10' whose periphery is formed with a cam-shaped protuberance 20 engaging in a matching recess 1 9 in the base of the transverse recess 1 7.
Fig. 6 illustrates the arrangement of the cylinder and shaft 10' with the attached operating lever 11 in the form of a separate compact constructional unit 1 6 disposed in its own casing 21, only the operating lever 11 projecting from the casing 21.
In a further embodiment illustrated in Fig. 4, the periphery of a pivotable shaft 10" is formed with an axial recess 23 in which a roller 22 is mounted which engages in a similarly directed recess 1 9 in the piston 5.
In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 5, a radially pointing lug 24, which engages in a matching recess 1 9 of similar alignment of the piston 5, is secured in a matching axial recess in the periphery of a pivotable shaft 10"'. The transverse recess 1 7 of the piston 5 has two perpendicular walls 26 which also act as abutments for the piston 5, the piston stroke 25 of the cylinder 7 being equal to the clear width between the periphery of the pivotable shaft 10"' and the walls 26 of the transverse recess 1 7.
Fig. 8 shows a valve control arrangement in which the compact structural unit 1 6 of Fig. 6 is so placed by the flange side of its casing 21 on casing 27 of a control valve 28 that the operating lever 11 engages by its dog 12 in a matching annular groove in a valve piston 29.
The control device of the invention operates as follows: If, for example, an ancillary output drive is to be connected to the change-speed gear, pressure medium is introduced into the cylinder 7 via the aperture 8, so that the piston 5 (see Fig. 1) is actuated and given a displacing movement, until the piston abuts the pivotable shaft 10 by the appropriate wall 26 of its transverse recess 1 7.
During its traversing movement the piston 5 entrains the tooth 18, which engages in the recess 1 9 of the piston 5, so that the shaft 10 is pivoted through an angle corresponding to the displacement travel of the piston 5. The operating lever 11 and therefore the dog 12 will effect the same pivoting movement as the shaft 10, so that the clutch sleeve 13 is axially displaced until it engages in the teeth of the second gearwheel or shaft, thereby completing the connection. When the ancillary output drive is to be disconnected, the converse procedure is followed. An unpressurised condition is produced in the cylinder, so that the compression spring 3 moves the piston as far as the abutment in the opposite direction, and the pivotable shaft 10, operating lever 11 and dog 12 are pivoted and therefore the clutch sleeve 1 3 is also displaced -- i.e., the clutch is disengaged.

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1. An actuating device for change-speed gears, control pistons or the like, more particularly for connecting ancillary output drives in utility vehicle gearboxes, having an operating lever attached to a pivotable shaft operable via a piston and cylinder unit, characterised in that the pivotable shaft is in direct driving connection with the piston of said unit operating the pivotable shaft.
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pivotable shaft and the cylinder of said unit are disposed transversely in relation to one another.
3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the pivotable shaft is disposed in a transverse recess in the piston.
4. A device according to claim 3, wherein the transverse recess at the same time constitutes travel limiting means of the piston.
5. A device according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pivotable shaft is in driving connection with the piston via a tooth engaging in a matching recess in the piston.
6. A device according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pivotable shaft is in driving connection with the piston via a roller axially mounted in the periphery of the pivotable shaft.
7. A device according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the pivotable shaft has a cam-shaped, axially directed protuberance engaging in a matching recess in the piston.
8. A device according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein let into the pivotable shaft is a radially outwardly projecting dog which extends into a matching recess in the piston.
9. A device according to any of claims 5 to 8, wherein the element producing the driving connection, that is the tooth, roller, cam or the dog is provided on the piston, while the periphery of the pivotable shaft is formed respectively with a matching recess.
10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the operating lever is securable to the pivotable shaft in different positions.
11. A device according to claim 1, wherein the cylinder co-operates with the pivotable shaft to form a separate constructional unit which is disposed in its own casing and from which only the operating lever projects.
12. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprising the piston and cylinder unit, pivoting shaft and the operating lever is incorporated in a change-speed gear casing.
13. A device according to any of claims 5, 6, 7 and 8, wherein the connecting elements, that is the tooth, cam, roller and the dog project from the periphery of the pivotable shaft.
14. A device according to any of claims 5, 6, 7 or 8, wherein the driving connection elements do not extend beyond the periphery of the pivotable shaft.
1 5. An actuating device, substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
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